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salade

salad

noun sah-LAD Less Common

Origin: Occitan 'salada', from Latin 'salare' (to salt)

Also means

lettuce

Usage Note

Salade refers both to the prepared dish and to the leafy vegetable itself (une salade verte = a green salad or lettuce). Salade niçoise and salade composée (mixed salad) are classic French preparations. The slang expression quelle salade! means 'what a mess!' or 'what nonsense!'

Examples

"Il prépare une salade avec des tomates."

Natural Translation

He is making a salad with tomatoes.

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